Without reading through the comments yet and just based on the title question alone, my answer is: 2-3 years and hundreds of dollars before we can play the game with pets, full families, seasons, cars, and lots that aren't residential.
I'm hoping that TS4 will run a bit longer so that I don't have to start over again so soon :neutral:
That said, I'd be happy to scrap and start over if the sims could go back to showing emotions like TS2 and if the focus could go back to sim lives and not sim adventures.
If I could wish for a dream TS5:
- grocery stores
- OFB / Get to Work (with no science fiction aliens)
- Out-of-the-box time control options (I don't want to use time mods or hacks, I want an option same as ageing)
- TS2 full-scale neighbourhood world building
- Game packs (I love that you can opt-out/in for supernatural/SF/fantasy/adventure quests)
- normal size neighbourhood pests (TS2 era)
- Outside of Star Wars and Katy Perry (to each one's own) I like the brand collaborations, so that too
